Percival Forename

27,114th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 31,145 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Percival Forename Definition:

A male name. this name seems to have been invented by Ghrestien de Troyes in the 12th C for the hero of his poem Percevale; it is French perce-val ‘pierce (the) valley’. There are not many early examples of its use as a christian name, the earliest noted being Sir Percivale Sowdon 1375.

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Percival Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
99%
 
14,1821:7,4751,106
Jamaica-5,2901:545121
South Africa
99%
 
3,8381:14,2092,182
Brazil
100%
2,4331:88,0545,139
United States
100%
1,7531:206,8097,279
England
100%
1,3541:41,0662,080
Ghana-3931:68,6673,308
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
Canada
100%
1431:231,7028,303
Zimbabwe
100%
1381:111,7677,887
Belize
100%
1161:3,054695
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
1081:12,6061,766
Malawi
100%
1061:161,4377,641
Wales
100%
981:31,5751,392
Guyana
100%
901:8,4811,340
Bahamas-671:5,961839
Barbados-671:4,325708
Panama
100%
651:60,1013,684
Mexico
98%
 
601:2,069,07412,147
India
100%
391:31,150,717630,417
Antigua and Barbuda-351:2,840589
Cayman Islands
100%
281:2,189487
Chile
100%
261:677,2007,237
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
261:4,292768
Scotland
100%
251:214,0153,700
Guam-211:7,6501,166
Singapore
100%
201:314,3539,609
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
United States Virgin Islands-181:6,097946
Australia-171:803,39010,545
Argentina
100%
161:2,673,3288,808
Botswana-161:136,52810,720
Costa Rica
100%
151:317,8635,868
Malaysia
100%
151:2,029,99658,888
Ireland
100%
141:331,6804,801
Zambia-141:1,132,48516,312
Grenada
100%
131:8,3171,152
Nigeria
100%
131:13,658,797139,235
Liberia
100%
121:367,67210,977
Congo
100%
111:455,3828,101
Taiwan-101:2,376,96855,480
Angola-91:2,996,2903,522
Swaziland-91:144,4641,815
Jersey-81:12,498955
Papua New Guinea
100%
81:1,019,03971,574
Peru
100%
81:3,973,93231,495
American Samoa-61:9,3081,982
Saint Lucia
100%
61:29,6362,683
Solomon Islands-61:96,8265,869
Sweden
100%
61:1,642,98427,315
Thailand
100%
61:11,677,636152,954
United Arab Emirates-61:1,191,99940,353
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Anguilla
100%
41:3,314681
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
Belgium
100%
41:2,872,51022,632
China-41:341,513,94678,144
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
Italy
100%
41:15,265,52238,916
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Namibia-41:601,0457,837
Russia
100%
41:36,058,42683,389
Saint Kitts and Nevis-41:13,7151,549
Israel
100%
31:2,800,97324,529
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Kenya-31:15,435,70351,312
Nicaragua
100%
31:2,006,11219,543
Tanzania
100%
31:17,596,10669,562
Venezuela-31:10,067,298111,314
Bolivia-21:5,300,7026,605
British Virgin Islands-21:15,6251,557
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Germany
100%
21:48,338,93872,742
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Montserrat-21:2,438412
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
Paraguay
100%
21:3,618,40211,946
São Tomé and Príncipe-21:95,9983,765
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484

Percival (19,257) may also be a surname.

Percival Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. this name seems to have been invented by Ghrestien de Troyes in the 12th C for the hero of his poem Percevale; it is French perce-val ‘pierce (the) valley’. There are not many early examples of its use as a christian name, the earliest noted being Sir Percivale Sowdon 1375. The surname Perceval is found rather earlier; it was a Norman name derived from the place-name Percheval.

Percyvallus Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Percyvell, Persivell Yorks Rec 1604. Persefall Church Registers of St. James’s, Clerkenwell, 1551-1754 1666.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

An old male baptismal name mentioned by Camden; derived from a local name in Normandy. It is found Latinised Percivallus.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A Greek name, meaning: Courteous.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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